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Kicking the Subsidies: Third World Farmers Need a Fair Deal

The Guardian | August 18, 2003

Will Cancun Be a Real Development Round?

Carnegie Endowment for Peace | August 14, 2003 As the World Trade Organization meets in September to kickstart the stalled "development round" of trade talks, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace identifies the real challenges negotiators face, debunks facile free trade slogans, and offers recommendations for the negotiation tables.

Brazil, India, China Table Counterproposal To U.S.-EU Farm Framework

Inside U.S. Trade | August 20, 2003 Brazil, India and China today presented their own version of a framework for agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organization as a counterproposal to one championed by the U.S. and European Union last week.

Guess Who Comes Out On Top At Cancun? (and What to Do About It)

The East African | By Gichinga Ndirangu | August 18, 2003

18th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum

ICTSD | August 16, 2003

Developing Nations Want to Drop Issues From Trade Talks

Associated Press | By Naomi Koppel | Saturday, August 16, 2003 GENEVA, Aug. 15 -- Officials of a group of developing nations, exhausted by long talks on how best to open up international trade, suggested today that several contentious topics be dropped from the current round of negotiations.

Brazil Rejects US-EU Ag Proposal At WTO

EFE | August 14, 2003 Brazil rejects a joint U.S.-EU proposal for liberalizing trade in farm products as part of a possible broader agreement to be negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thursday.

U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows in June

Associated Press | By Jeannine Aversa | Aug. 14, 2003 WASHINGTON - America's trade deficit narrowed in June as exports climbed to the highest level in two years, helped by better economic growth overseas. Imports were flat. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the trade gap was trimmed by 4.7 percent in June from May - to $39.5 billion.

EU, US Strike Joint WTO Bid to Revive Stalled Farm Talks

Agence France Presse | By Kate Millar | Aug. 13, 2003 The European Union and the United States have agreed on a joint position for WTO farm reform talks that could breathe new life into stalled global trade negotiations, trade sources said on Wednesday.